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Rescue team back on board the "Rena"

More and more containers fall into the water 

Hope in the fight against the oil spill in New Zealand: After a two-day interruption because of a violent storm is again a salvage team aboard the container ship crashed "Rena" gone. The three experts agreed on Thursday to launch the freighter to be stable enough to make another attempt to pump the remaining 1,300 tons of heavy fuel oil from the fuel tanks.

 Still threatened with the 236-meter long ship due to several cracks in the fuselage to break apart, divided the state of shipping and marine protection authority (MNC) with. Up to 400 tons of toxic oil have already expired in the South Pacific. The sticky broth has polluted a 30-mile-wide strip along the coast of the Bay of Plenty. At least 500 Seabirds dead Including Little Penguins. 500 workers in white overalls were on Thursday in the picturesque beaches in the cleaning operation.

Rena - Captain threatens imprisonment

The company registered in Liberia, "Rena" was on Wednesday last week to a Reef Accumulated 20 km off the coast and sprung a leak. The captain and his navigator were negligent in the meantime the ship's command accused. They are at risk one year Imprisonment. The freighter has an ominous Flip side of 22 degrees. 90 of his nearly 1,400 containers were washed overboard into the raging sea. They are a danger to other vessels.

Hazardous materials washed ashore

In addition, relying on New Zealand media now known that at least one container that was flushed from the Rena, the hazardous chemical alkylsulfonic included. For the SalvageSpecialists commissioned, which will look with sonar equipment for the missing goods. In relation to the explosive ferrosilicon but there were All-clear, It happened in any of the fallen container from the ship have been. 

 

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